An employee was painting her nails red. Louboutin snagged the bottle and painted the soles of a prototype shoe. Just like that, the red soles were born. So, what makes these shoes worth the cost?
Under EU law companies cannot trademark common shapes of products such as the soles of shoes. Van Haren argued that applying red to a shoe sole came under that law and, as a result, Louboutin did ...
In an interview with InStyle published on Wednesday, shoe designer Christian Louboutin said that he made one key change to his iconic red soles when creating footwear for the singer on her tour.